From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 15:47:33 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D522D4A2 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:47:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-x229.google.com (mail-qa0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 920FCD88 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:47:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id j5so710762qaq.0 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:47:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:subject :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lkTldEEpDv/hSsfsAhhWSuFJKgHYMKtLPaXI5QI7P6M=; b=VFz/XQg13BcgBQT+XfP2CsnL31FlJ3BXi8bpuzHTosgGwEhCNAZw9zlicYROoBF8Oa S80wyEhWCmiYav7kVc/0SjdFbewTWTOHlvYx07TPNUk/gNebROu7YnEuXbDBX0r/FXAh w3nVOA3seRaqx+/QyMRIslQ6S0QDrx+s3eHw3pkzp8nt0XOTYHAltWpUyIsQ+CSYx9aG LtyCCLhfvE5jZMgCfc6JQT87sapVyUlxY9jTkdMsgK4nuFOgkGvAQgfbOn4fvKO4RNGF 7yHAEqA54e405/cbg39GHd5x/Zv6vxkmnerYrTkQqj2YACJh0QVnnGenRGYdgkdXyJbh edkQ== X-Received: by 10.140.101.244 with SMTP id u107mr2841509qge.107.1395762452798; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (mail.tycolaw.com. [207.250.238.82]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u15sm27551387qge.2.2014.03.25.08.47.31 for (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:47:34 +0000 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?B?U3RldmVuIEZyaWVkcmljaA==?=" To: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?B?UmU6UmU6IENhYmxlIE1vZGVtcyBmb3IgTGFyZ2UgTmV0d29ya3M=?= MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: PlayStation(R)Vita Email (3.01) Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?B?RnJlZUJTRCBRdWVzdGlvbnMgTWFpbGluZyBMaXN0?= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:47:34 -0000 Are you paying $100 per month for a cable modem, or is the cable bill that and includes the modem? I bought the 2nd best motorola cable modem at walmart for less than 100. The best costs about 150-200. These modems bond cable channels and are fast, but you may oveload even them.!! What is the model of you current modem? On 3/25/2014 10:38 AM, David.I.Noel@gmail.com wrote: > If someone knows a more appropriate forum/list/newsgroup/IRC channel > for this question please let me know. Comcast is of little use. I was > advised by their tech support to "ask someone at Best Buy", and the > CAPTCHA on forums.cable-modem.net is broken so I can't register and > ask there, soooo.. I don't really know where to go with this one. > -David > > On 3/25/14, David Noel wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a DOCSIS-3 compatible cable modem that's designed > > for large networks? I'm guessing something that could support 10,000 > > users would meet my needs. > > > > I'm doing some web crawling and it's overloading the standard SMC > > model Comcast is leasing me. I have 4 servers running 100 threads > > each, and combined they're making anywhere from 10-100 requests per > > second. I'm guessing that's around the load a 10,000-user network > > generates around peak? At any rate, my cable modem is completely > > crapping out and I'm barely able to use 1/10th of my 50/10 line. > > > > My only other option is to make a best-guess based on > > CPU/microcontroller specs, but I'd really rather not have to dig into > > the documentation for every DOCSIS-3 compatible cable modem on the > > market. It's either that, scale back my crawling, or fork over > > $3,000/mo for a leased line/co-lo bill. Neither of which I'd like to > > or am capable of doing. Surely there's hardware out there that will > > let me make the most of my $100/mo cable modem...? > > > > -David > > > > PS: if anyone in Houston has a spare T3 and room for 4 1U's that they > > wouldn't mind donating or leasing at a massive discount to a poor > > developer, that would work too. You know, because of all those "spare" > > T3's people have just lying around. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Sent from my PlayStationŽVita system